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Restoration of Hetch Hetchy Valley and San Francisco’s Water Supply

Spreck Rosekrans | February 10th, 2016


Q: After restoration, where will San Francisco gets is water?
A: From the Tuolumne River, just as it does now.

This report addresses only the most commonly asked question by restoration skeptics: Where would the water come from? Restoration would also require increased water treatment costs and replacement of about 350 gigawatt-hours per year of hydropower production – issues not addressed herein.

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ecosystem restoration